We spent our first full day in the El Malpais National Monument as a rest, relax and rejuvenate day. We had limited out caloric expenditure to taking a short drive to visit the La Ventana Arch and its short, easy hike and then lounged around the campground catching up on reading and writing for the …
Category: Nature
After our time at Diablo Canyon we still had items on our “Must See” list further up north and so began the journey in that direction. Heading out of Santa Fe on Hwy 285 we eventually transitioned onto Hwy 84 in through the tongue-twisting tiny town of Abiquiu, New Mexico. About 15 miles northwest of …
Heading up towards the Northern edge of New Mexico we decided to check out what our camping options were around Santa Fe. As usual we try to focus on National Forest areas as it is regularly free and beautiful. Our second choice is BLM land. It’s also mid-week (Wednesday) which is when we try to …
Beside the Gila Cliff Dwellings and the White Sands National Monument one of the other Top 5 places we wanted to visit while exploring New Mexico was the VLA or Very Large Array. Many, many years ago I sat and intently watched each and every episode of Carl Sagan’s original 13-part series Cosmos: A Personal …
Hey, we’re in New Mexico! Besides our visit to the Gila Cliff Dwellings one of the more iconic and strikingly visual natural places we wanted to visit in New Mexico was the White Sands National Monument, hereafter referred to in this post as WSNM. The VLA is strikingly visual as well but man-made. We headed …
In about 2011 Willow and I with a friend and her dog took an RV trip around the Southwestern US. One of the stops we wanted to make was the Carlsbad Caverns and so we headed into New Mexico. When we first entered the state on our trip towards the Southeast corner where the caverns …
While spending a month adventuring around New Mexico we decided to use more of the Atlas Obscura to help us find interesting and/or weird places to explore. Driving into the state via the lower western edge along Highway 10 the first interesting option that caught our eye was the Cliff Dwellings up north above Silver …
Heading back down from our Washington adventures we wanted to stay in the Columbia River Gorge area again. The campsite we had stayed in the last time we were here a month before was closed for the season and so we decided to look for a spot on the Washington side of the Gorge. From …
We were in the Portland area and waiting for some friends to become available for a visit. It was about to be the Labor Day Holiday and they had house guests already so we didn’t want to impose. We let them know we would be happy to hang out in the Mt. Hood National Forest …
While traipsing about Oregon we had some business to attend to in Grants Pass and decided to spend some time exploring the area. In this instance we chose to see what our friends at Freecampsites.net had to offer, found a place called Burma Pond in their listings that sounded interesting and headed that way. It …